Content Writer - Scale Shop

Innovation Works, Inc. • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

Innovation Works and the Robotics Factory Scale Program are seeking an experienced content writer to develop training course materials for the Scale Shop. These materials will cover general principles, safety protocols, and basic operation for specific machines and processes. Course content will be formatted such that it can be adapted for a Learning Management System (LMS) with modular lessons and associated review quizzes. Innovation Works is one of the nation’s most active seed-stage investors and serves as a leading innovation and startup engine for Southwestern Pennsylvania. Through its Robotics Factory programs, Innovation Works supports regional hardware and robotics companies with educational programming, technical consulting, connections to local manufacturers, and access to the Scale Shop—its in-house professional prototyping facility. The Scale Shop enables employees of member companies to receive training on a wide range of advanced prototyping equipment while also learning best practices in engineering design and fabrication. The Scale Shop serves a diverse user base with varying levels of experience, including manufacturing professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs, and college interns. Currently, users gain access to equipment by completing a 1.5-hour general safety orientation, followed by a 1-2 hour, machine-specific training session covering safety, foundational concepts, and operation. Content development, training delivery, and oversight of proper equipment use have largely been the responsibility of a single technical staff member. To address these challenges, Innovation Works is developing standardized training content that can be delivered online. This approach will allow users to engage with material at their own pace while allowing IW staff to be more focused and efficient during in-person training sessions.

Requirements

• Demonstrating experience with creating training/ course materials for adult professionals

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with relevant topics such as prototyping/manufacturing equipment, STEM education, workshop/ makerspace environments
• Experience with content creation for online asynchronous courses/ LMS

Responsibilities

• Start from a template and a pre-existing example training course, and work with IW Technical staff to create a content outline for each course
• Write course content using interviews with IW technical staff and external references
• Create the final written course content in an editable format after at least one revision
• Source or create supporting pictures/diagrams with appropriate usage rights as needed
• Create a review quiz with questions and an answer key in an editable format
• Elicit feedback from IW Technical Staff and implement edits
• Assist in creating video course content, such as script writing, video recording, and editing (optional scope addition)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees